Inova Loudoun Hospital Launches First Sensory-Friendly Children’s Emergency Room in Washington, DC Area

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Leesburg, VA — The Inova Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital  – Loudoun County’s only pediatric Emergency Room (ER) – is now sensory-friendly. Visiting an ER is often challenging for children, but for those with a sensory processing disorder (SPD) — such as autism — the experience can be particularly difficult. Sounds, smells and chaotic…

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Childhood Viruses of Winter: Stomach Virus

Board Certified Pediatric Emergency Physician Dr. Ronnie Waldrop and Erin Rovelli, RN serve patients at the Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital – Loudoun County’s only emergency facility solely dedicated to caring for children and adolescents. Children and viral infections often go hand-in-hand, especially during the winter season. Most of the time, kids with common viral infections get…

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In an Emergency, Where is the Right Place for Treatment

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In an Emergency, Where is the Right Place for Treatment – an Urgent Care Center or Emergency Department Leesburg, VA – February 3, 2014 – When you or someone you love is injured, where should you go for treatment –  an Urgent Care Center or an Emergency Department? Even minor emergencies deserve major attention but where…

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Inova Alexandria Hospital, American College of Emergency Physicians Recognize 50th Anniversary of First 24-Hour Emergency Department in U.S.

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‘Alexandria Plan’ Became Nationwide Standard Alexandria, VA – (June 17, 2011) – Inova Alexandria Hospital and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) will be celebrating 50 years of emergency care by recognizing the first emergency department in the country to have dedicated, full-time emergency physicians. This initiative, called the “Alexandria Plan,” shaped emergency care…

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